Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

Egyptian hieroglyphs, as pictorial representative writing, were closely related to Egyptian cursive writing. Both script forms originated in predynastic times and remained closely linked for two ...

When ancient Egyptians put pen to paper—or, more accurately, ink to papyrus—they took steps to ensure that their words would endure, a new study suggests. As detailed in the Proceedings of the ...